The Soldier Shouted Save - Chapter 61



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The soldier shouted save (61)

The auction house that Galtarang had planned to use as part of my first lesson.

“Is that the Coinum auction house that’s connected to that password?”

“that is….”

As the hesitant boy struggled to open his mouth, a loud voice was heard from inside the building.

“Zelen! Where the hell is that bastard? Can’t you see that customer coming in right now?!”

“Yes, yes! Let’s go now!”

A boy hurriedly heads into the building at the sound of the innkeeper’s voice.

I followed the boy to the entrance of the inn, where the owner’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Hey, I thought you were in your room, but you’re here! Is there something you’re looking for?”

The owner, bending over in front of me, pulls his facial muscles together to make me smile.

He passes the owner with his luggage on his back and asks.

“I want to send the items I bought at Sunlight to Walker.”

“Ah, in that case, you should write the request form at the place where the carriage is….”

“Are you telling me to carry the luggage myself right now?”

As I look down at the arrogant man, the owner swallows a gasp and lowers his head even further.

“Then, I’ll go there… … .”

“I have no intention of looking at the sunlight while looking at your dirty countertop. Hmm, that boy would be nice.”

When I pointed out a boy who seemed to know a lot about the auction house, the owner looked embarrassed.

“That piece of trash still hasn’t learned his manners yet, haha… . I’ll introduce you to another kid… .”

Hearing those words, he lets out a small sigh and glares at the owner.

“Your words just now ruined it.”

“……yes?”

“A place where the innkeeper talks back to you is the best place to stay? Since the Sunlight Lord lied to me, any future deals between Walker and Sunlight will fall through.”

I continued, scolding the owner.

“It’s all because of you.”

The man falls to the floor with a pale face at the thought that the deal between Walker and Sunlight will fall through because of him.

“I, Nari! I did that because I’m a lowly person and uneducated! Please forgive me just this once… .”

“I don’t want to hear your filthy voice anymore, so stop bothering me and get that boy ready.”

-Thump, thump.

He says this while dropping a few gold coins on the owner’s head.

“If the boy’s behavior is not worthy of my dignity even after I have finished preparing with that money, I will confess every single one of your mistakes to the Lord of Sunlight. Do you understand?”

At my words, the owner nodded vigorously, picking up the gold coins with trembling hands.

“I hope I don’t have to wait too long.”

With those words, she stood at the entrance of the inn, arms folded, waiting for the boy to come out.

“Hey, hurry up! Buy this guy some clothes that fit him!”

“… … Yes? Uh, what clothes… … .”

“Rain, that’s expensive! I’ll give you more gold, so buy that filthy bastard a suit that fits his dignity and that of Sir Allen right now!”

At the owner’s shouting, a man ran out of the inn and into a clothing store.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the boy finished getting ready and left the inn with the owner.

“Ha, haha… I searched diligently, but I could never find any clothes worthy of Sir Allen’s high and noble dignity.”

At those words, he turns his gaze and examines the boy.

A nobleman’s ostentatious clothes, adorned with all sorts of jewels.

I laugh at the clothes that look ten times more expensive than the gold I gave them.

“You’re wearing something like this and calling it clothing? You have a sense of filth. It would have been better to wear the clothes you were wearing before.”

After saying that and waiting, the boy comes out, changing into the clothes he was wearing.

“Give me guidance.”

At the entrance of the inn, the owner is lying flat on his back, and the boy leads the way as they walk down the street of Sunlight.

“… … Do you happen to have a lot of money?”

I stopped walking and asked at the boy named Zelen’s unexpected words.

“Why are you asking that?”

“… … I still have a younger sister in the homeless village. I need money to bring Charlotte here… .”

I have a question about that statement.

“If you have money, can you come from the hobo village to Sunlight?”

“Yes, yes! Give the guards some gold coins and they’ll let you in.”

“How much gold should I give you?”

“… It’s different every time, but I got in by giving 10 gold coins.”

10 gold coins was enough money for a commoner to live on for over a year, excluding the cost of accommodation.

“How did you get that money?”

“… I belonged to the Mesquerid Guild in the Vagabond Village. I earned gold there and paid for it.”

The home of the information guild, the Masquerid Guild.

“I thought I would make more money when I came to Sunlight, so I paid the withdrawal fee and left the guild, but haha… I haven’t even made 1 gold coin yet.”

He asks, looking the boy’s skinny body up and down.

“How did you manage to get into the Masquerid Guild?”

“… … Ah, I passed because my hand skills were fun.”

“Sleight of hand?”

“… … By any chance, can I show you an example?”

As I nod at those words, the boy takes a few steps back and says,

“I’ll try, so treat me like you don’t know me.”

What kind of hand technique are you talking about?

As I stand still, glancing at the boy, Zelen, who is walking while looking elsewhere, bumps into my body.

“……sorry.”

The sight of Zelen bowing his head and trying to leave my arms.

‘indeed.’

I took back my pouch of gold coins from Gelen’s hand and stood in pure admiration.

“Wow. 90% of the continent will fall for it.”

If the opponent had been a great prosecutor or a healthy adult male, I would have been even more cautious.

But what was in front of me was a boy with a young face.

If you had been wary of this innocent-looking boy as an ‘ordinary pickpocket’, you would have had your pockets emptied of gold coins, regardless of whether you were a knight or a mercenary.

“With this kind of skill, wouldn’t you be able to quickly collect 10 gold coins?”

“That’s because you don’t know much about Sunlight. Even if someone like me just passes by, you call me a piece of garbage, and even if you don’t go near me, you check my gold bag.”

Gelen continues with a bitter smile.

“Besides, if you steal it wrongly, you can be summarily executed by the cleaners.”

“Those who are not even qualified to judge are carrying out summary executions? Isn’t that against the laws of the continent?”

“… … Because we don’t have any social status. We, the filth, can’t be treated like humans, haha… … .”

The reality of the homeless who came to Sunlight with hope.

“Why would you bring your little sister to a place where she won’t even be treated like a human being? If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to live in a village of vagabonds?”

When asked like that, Zelen shook his head.

“… … As long as you don’t pickpocket, you don’t have to worry about dying in Sunlight. Plus, if you collect 20 gold coins, you can buy an identity card!”

Is it possible to collect that much gold in a city that treats them like garbage?

“So what I’m saying is… … .”

He gives a firm answer to the man who hesitates to speak after telling a long story.

“I’m sorry, but I have no intention of giving you gold.”

“… … Ah, haha. Of course. Don’t worry about it.”

Contrary to his words of not caring, he makes a different suggestion to the boy who is obviously devastated.

“Take me to the village of vagabonds.”

“I’m sorry, but that’s… … .”

“If you do that, I will give your brother enough gold to come here.”

“……yes?”

He said this while holding out a handful of gold coins to the boy who seemed not to understand.

“I will give the gold coin in this hand to your brother in the vagabond village.”

The boy opened his eyes wide as if he finally understood and smiled brightly.

The boy becomes more active and asks questions in concern.

“You’re going because of the Coinum auction, right?”

“Yes.”

“If you are registered with Masquerid, you should be able to come and go as you please, but by any chance… … .”

“I never registered my name.”

“… … Then, there is only one way to get to the village of vagabonds.”

The boy blurts out an unexpected word.

“We’re going to the hobo village in a coffin!”

“……coffin?”

“It’ll be faster if you see it for yourself than if I explain it to you in words!”

We follow the boy in front to the factory site.

A nasty place where failed mechanical prosthetics are strewn about and the smell of oil vibrates.

As the boy walks behind the sunlight hidden behind the fancy buildings, he stops walking.

“There it is! That’s the ‘pipe’ that leads to the hobo village!”

When I turned my gaze to the boy’s words, I saw a mountain of trash and people wearing masks.

-Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

A loud mechanical noise echoes as a man pulls down a lever next to a mountain of trash.

Soon a whirlpool forms beneath the mountain of trash, sucking all that trash into the ground.

“Trash thrown away in a vagrant village.”

He says, looking down at the huge hole that has swallowed up the entire mountain of garbage.

“Is that garbage disposal a ‘pipe’?”

“Yes, that’s right. That’s the way to get to the hobo village without being caught by the cleaners.”

I glance over at the guards cleaning up the trash that didn’t make it into the coffin.

‘It would be easy to subdue them and evade detection.’

He looks around and finds a torn hooded cloak lying on the floor.

“What is your brother’s name?”

“… This is Charlotte.”

“Tell me in detail what it looks like.”

Gorgeous blonde hair that doesn’t lose its shine even when dirty water gets on it.

After listening intently to Zelen’s explanation about his sister, he pats the boy on the shoulder and says:

“Even if things are difficult, persevere and hang in there.”

He says, pulling the torn hood over his head.

“I will take you two to a sunny place.”

He looks away from him and turns towards the coffin, saying:

“You will soon realize that it was your luck that you met me.”

A guard can be seen in the distance.

The appearance of yawning with the mouth wide open.

I kicked the floor, releasing the mana I had condensed.

-Pfft!

Blue particles that fill in the excessive afterimages.

“……and.”

Leaving the boy’s admiration behind, he jumps up and throws himself into a large pit.

‘I didn’t know I’d end up in a town of vagabonds like this.’

A body sliding down a coffin and heading underground.

After giving myself over to the smelly pipe and falling for a long time, the end came into sight.

-Phew.

He fell from a great height but did not sustain any injuries.

I looked down at the pile of trash that lay like a soft blanket.

‘Is this prepared for someone coming down in a coffin?’

It had been less than ten minutes since Sunlight had discharged its waste through the pipe.

Traces of the area where the coffin fell was hastily cleaned up, creating a soft landing pad.

As I was taking off my filthy robe and looking for something new to wear, I heard a noise.

“Who are you…?”

Two men’s eyes widened as they looked at the antique Azure Dragon Sword and Drago’s coat.

He reveals his identity to them in a calm tone.

“My name is Jerdin Felice. I am here for a reason.”

At my words, the men looked at each other with mysterious faces.

There is only one case where a nobleman wearing expensive equipment comes to a village of these vagabonds.

If you have been branded a traitor in your family or have been expelled from your family.

‘I hope you only recognize me as an illegitimate child.’

Men approaching with curious faces.

As I briefly mentioned the story of Jerdin, the illegitimate child of the Felice family whom I knew during my time as a soldier in the palace, but who is no longer a human, the men nodded as if they understood the situation.

“So, right now… you’re saying you’re a commoner?”

“How rude. It’s only for a moment!”

As I grab the sword handle and shout, the men take a step back and smile awkwardly.

“Oh, my goodness. That’s what I meant!”

He turns his head with a blank expression at the man’s words and picks up the new hooded cloak lying on the floor.

-widely!

As I shake off the hooded cloak that was rolling around in the trash, a cloud of dust rises into the air.

“Nose, cough! Cough!”

Men coughing after taking off their masks.

I tried to ask these men about the situation in the hobo village, but my throat was parched from the dust and I could not speak properly.

“I’m thirsty. Do you have any water to drink?”

When I ask that, the coughing men smile awkwardly.

“Just water has a strong smell, so it’s better to steep it in tea leaves.”

“Tea leaves? Are you saying there is tea here?”

“Haha, there’s more than just trash here. There’s also a lot of useful stuff to be found!”

Sunlight’s trash was being used as necessities here.

Tea leaves discarded by Sunlight residents.

The man puts his mask back on and brings a teapot wrapped in layers of cloth in front of me.

“This is the cleanest one among them! Here, take a glass.”

The man pours water from the tea leaves into a cup and hands it to me.

“… … .”

A man offering a drink with a smile on his face over his mask.

I stopped my hand from taking the glass.

-Clang!

A glass of water rolls on the floor after being hit by the back of a violently swung hand.

I grabbed the handle of my sword and asked the men.

“Does sniffing help you fall asleep? Why are you holding your breath?”

A non-bulging upper body.

A mask that doesn’t move even when breathing.

Interrogates men holding their breath behind masks.

“… … .”

The smiles of the men who had been laughing disappeared.